Mountain Weather
Yesterday I went to Tsu, the capital of Mie prefecture, to take the TOEIC test.
In order to come back to Nabari, I crossed the mountains called Aoyama Kohgen. It was sunny in Tsu and I didn’t care about the weather in Aoyama, which was very stupid of me. It was snowing heavily there and the surface of the road was all white. Near the top, all the cars stopped moving. I wondered what was happening. After a while, I found that there had been an accident, and finally the cars started very slowly. It took more than two hours to come back here — It usually takes only an hour.
I should have taken another route. Think about the weather in the mountains!
Comments
Hey Gav.
Thanks. The listening part of the toeic test was very long and sometimes I forgot listening questions…
kevin :: January 27, 2004
Did you have chains for your tires?
I love to see a couple inches of snow on the roads in the early Tokyo morning hours. It will all be gone by noon, but people drive around all day with chains on their tires. I think sometimes that they wake up early just so they can put the chains on before the snow melts!
Kiyo :: January 28, 2004
Though I’ve lived in Hokkaido nearly all of my life, winter roads are always scary for me. It’s good you got home safe. :)
Yes, I hear they do have snow in Hokkaido!
What made you choose to take the TOEIC test? Did you take it because of this new rule that requires English teachers to attain a certain score?
It’s funny — or not so funny — how this language certification business has crept up on us. Back at the time when I was in high school nobody even knew what language certification was; a couple of years ago I polled a class of high school seniors, asking how many of them intended to take a certification test. All of them did.
Oh — and hi Gav!
Well, I first took this test when I was a student. To get a job, it is better to have a good score. If you want to be an English teacher and have a certain score, you don’t have to take an English test held by Mie prefecture.
Ruedi, yes, it is said that we will have a new rule. Some teachers are afraid of it. However, we don’t know what is coming: whether the law will take effect or not, and how high we need to take the score to cling to teaching.
So, my reason of taking this test is just challenge. I want to know my English skills and if I can, I want to improve them.
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Hi this is Gav from Japan tales blog.
the weather through the mountains can be bad and good luck with the toeic.